Outagamie County police agencies soon will receive new high-tech cameras that can detect injuries invisible to the naked eye and help cops crack cases with uncooperative participants.

Oneida police and Oneida's Tribal Domestic Violence Program gave a $38,000 grant today to Outagamie County's Domestic Violence Prosecution Initiative. The money will be used to buy four digital cameras capable of ultraviolet and infrared photography. The cameras will be loaned to police agencies as needed.

Combined Locks Police Lt. Scott Lund said the technology will allow police to quickly detect otherwise invisible injuries in child abuse and domestic assault cases.

Through that grant, cameras, computers and equipment were distributed to each of the 14 county law enforcement agencies. Although film-based infrared cameras are available to agencies now, the speed of digital photography will make the cameras particularly useful in domestic cases, Lund said.

Schneider said Wednesday her office will begin testing the equipment with smaller agencies in the next few months to work out any glitches before accepting evidence electronically on a county-wide scale.

She said the initiative could really help law enforcement, particularly in partnership with forensic and sexual assault nurses as well as police.

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